In the simulation order, reality has become the alibi of the model.
Evidence
The imaginary was the alibi of the real, in a world dominated by the reality principle. Today, it is the real that has become the alibi of the model, in a world controlled by the principle of simulation. And, paradoxically, it is the real that has become our true Utopia - but a Utopia that is no longer in the realm of the possible, that can only be dreamt of as one would dream of a lost object. — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 400
Categorization
- XREF: The ‘real as lost object’ dovetails with and inverts the shift Jameson describes in postmodern historicity, where the past itself becomes available only as nostalgia and simulation. — connects to: Simulation produces real symptoms and threatens the true-false distinction — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 10; In simulation, models precede and engender facts rather than describing them. — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 62; Simulation threatens power more than real transgression by attacking the reality principle itself — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 74 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Simulation substitutes signs of the real for the real itself
#expands(0.82) — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 9 - Imagination gives way to a verification mechanism checking accuracy against reality.
#contradicts(0.78) - Models can become true by reshaping reality to fit them
#qualifies(0.75) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1426 - True propositions about reality are imperatives demanding reality change
#exemplifies(0.72) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 512